Gurdon pendleton



(No Model.) 7 I G. PENDLETON, 'Jr.

CLOSURE FOR PACKAGES. No. 590,908. Patented Sept. Z8,1897.

INVENTOH W/7'NESSES 1- B Z/w -w d t ATTORNEY.

UNITED STATES P T NT OFFICE,

GURDON PEN DLE'roN, JR, or OARBONDALE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THEPENDLETON MANUFACTUR NG ooMrA Y, or SAME PLACE.

CLOSURE FOR PACKAGES,

' SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 590,908, datedSeptember 28, 1897.

Application filed February 11, 189 7. Serial No. 622,899. (No modell) T'aZZ whom it may concern/.-

Be it known that I, GURDoN PENDLETON,

J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Carbondale, in thecounty of Lackawanna and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new anduseful Improvement in Closures for Packages; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to closures for packages used for paint, preserves,&c. ,and mainly to packages, like preserve and fruit jars, requirin g anair-tight closure,and usually made of glass with a glass cover-platesecured to the glass body by an external metallic sleeve to avoidcorrosion by the contents.

In one style of jar in common use the glass cover-plates are secured tothe glass body by a metallic sleeve separable from the coverplate,screwing on the neck of the body. glass cover-plates, however, beingseparable from the sleeve, often fall when the cover is removed andbreak, while the sleeve, being unyielding, does not adapt itself to theinequalities of the joint, and thus makes an imperfect closure.Furthermore, the sleeve being round, it is difficult to screw the sleeveon tight and -to unscrew it when it binds or sticks.

In another and older type of fruit-jar a glass or porcelain plate isheld loosely in a capped sleeve screwing on the body, but thesealing-joint is between the bottom of the sleeve and an externalshoulder on the body, so that the contents can gain access to andcorrode the metallic cap between the glass plate and the mouth of thebody, where the opening is variable.

My invention consists, as a whole, but briefly, of a cover-plate adaptedto make a tight joint with the mouth of the jar or package and lockedvertically, but rotatably, in an external cover-cap of a preferredyielding construction, adapted to be coupled by screwing to the body,and provided with a folding carrying-bail to serve also as a convenienthandle for screwing it to and unscrewing it from the body.

By my invention I gain, among other advantages, a tight joint betweenthe coverplate and body, and thus prevent corrosion The of the sleeve,while making the cover-plate a permanent part of the cover-cap andgreatly facilitating opening and covering the jar q;- package.

In order that my invention may be fully ascertained, I shall firstdescribe in detail the modein which I carry the invention into practiceand then point out the various features of the-invention in the claims.-

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part ofthis specification, in which the same parts are designated by likeletters in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side View, partly in section, of part of acoveredfruit-jar embodying my invention. Fig.2 is a side, partly sectional,View of thecover from a direction at right angles to that of Fig; 1.Fig. 3is aplan view of the same.

In. practice I form the bodyA of the pack age, which is here representedas a glass preserve-jar, with an annular joint-bearing B around itsmouth, usually having a compressible packing-ring B to make a tightjoint, and with an external coupler, by preference a screw-thread O,below the joint-bearing B, on which coupler is screwed the correspondingcoupler D of a cover-cap E.

' The mouth of the body A is closed by a cover-plate F, by preference ofglass, porcelain, or other suitable material, formed with an annularridge-bearing G, to make a tight joint with the body joint-bearing B,and an annular tongue II, which I prefer to form with an undercut orupwardly-flaring bottom bearing 11 and an annular top bearing H Thecover-plate F is inclosed in the covercap E, which I prefer todraw-press and roll out of a single piece of sheet metal, as zinc, in ageneral'way as described with reference to a cover of similar form inanother application for patent executed by me October 20, 1896, andfiled in the Patent Ofiice.-

I form the cover-cap E above its coupler D 5 with an annular internalgroove J, by preference with an upwardly-flaring lower bearing, tocorrespond with and receive the tongue H of the cover-plate, F, which isthusheld against vertical displacement in and separamo tion from thecover-cap, while the latter can rotate freely on the cover-plate, sothat by screwing the cover-cap to the body-coupler C the cover-plate isbrought down to its hearing on the body joint-bearing l3 and will notrotate thereon while the cover-cap is screwed down to make thecover-plate joint tight.

Likewise in unscrewing the cover-cap E the patent before referred to,the outer ply of i which fold forms the groove J and the bodycoupler D,and the inner ply of which fold rises from the outer edge of an annularbearing L, which holds down the annular coverplate bearing 11 To thecover-cap E, I pivot transversely a carrying-bail M to fold down uponthe covercap within the fold K for convenience in packing and also toserve as an efficient handle for screwing the cover-cap on the body, andthus for removing or tightly securing the cover. I prefer to pivot theends of the bail M to the upward fold K to gain greater strength andleverage, and I do so by bending the upper part of the fold K inward toform an annular lip P and forming the c0vercap with an upwardlyprojecting annular ridge N beneath said lip and around the inner edge ofthe bearing L, interrupted on opposite sides by sockets O, in which theends of the bail are sprung beneath the lip P. The bail is thus readilyand firmly secured to the cover-cap, while the latter, and especiallythe bearing L, is additionally strengthened and stiffened by the ridgeN. I may also use this novel cover-cap and bail as a closure forpackages without the inclosed cover-plate F.

It is evident that my combined eover-plate and cover-cap may be used togreat advantage on packages of all kinds, as well as preserve-jars, andthat each feature of the invention is valuable independently of theother features. The cover is exceptionally simple and inexpensive tomanufacture in spite of its many advantages.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a cover for packages, at sheet-metal blyretained in the cover-cap thereby.

3. A sheet-metal cover-cap formed with an annular downholding-shoulder Land an upward projecting fold K surrounding the shoulder L, the outerply of the fold K being formed with an annular upholding-sheulder and arotative body-coupler, in combination with a rotatable cover-plate heldbetween the downholding-shoulder L and the upholding- A shoulder.

at. A sheet-metal cover-cap formed with an annular downholding-shoulderL, an annular upward-projecting ridge N interrupted at opposite pointsto form bail-sockets O, and an upward-projecting peripheral fold K, theouter ply of which forms the body-coupler and the top of which fold isbent inward as a lip P over the bail-sockets O, to retain the ends of abail therein.

I11 testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 8th day ofFebruary, 1897.

GURDON PENDLETON, JR.

In presence of-- CLARENCE L. BURGER, WILLIAM R. BAIRD.

